Cheese-cutter.



PATENTED SEPT. 26, 1905.

W. R. lMUNIGOMERY.

CHEESE GUTTER.

APPLIUATIN FILED APR. 7, 1905. Y

Attorneys UNITED STATES PATENT oEEIoE.

., WALTER R. MONTGOMERY, or sHREvEroRT, LOUISIANA.

CHEESE-CUTTER.

ivo. 800,388.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 26, 1905.

Appiitation sied April 7,1905. serial No. 254.358.

To otZZwh/om it may concern:

Be it knownthat I, WALTER R. MONTGOM- This invention relates to cheese-cutters, and has for its principal object to provide a device of very simple and economical construction in which the cheese may be accurately cut in seg- `mentsof any desired size.

' Afurther object of the invention is to providea novel means for supporting the knife and to permit of the ready removal of said .knife when regrinding is necessary.

LA still further object of the invention is to f provide a novel form of knife supporting and guiding means so arranged as to permit freedom of movement of the knife in a vertical y plane, so .that either a direct shear or partial draw cut may be made and permitting the cuty..ting:operation to be accomplished with small exertion. g i

With these and other objects in view, as will more fully hereinafter appear, the'inventionconsists incertain novel features of con struction'and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and'particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that various changes'in the form, proportions, size, and minor details of the structure may be made Without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the vadvantages of the invention;

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of a cheese-cutter constructed in accordance lwith the invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2, illustrating particularly the knifesupporting block. Fig. 4 is a similar view illustrating a slightly-modified construction of knife-supporting block. Fig. 5 illustrates a still further modification of the block.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to illustrate corresponding parts throughout the several figures of the drawings.

The cutter-board and casing are supported by a base-ring 10, the lower edge of which is provided with bearings or brackets for the support of a number of peripherally-grooved antifriction-rollers 11, on which is mounted an annular ring 12, said ring being rigidly secured to the lower face of the revoluble cuttereration.

. board 15, so that the cutter-board may freely 3 revolve to present the cheeseto theV desired position for cutting a segment of any size.

The periphery of the cutter-board is p rovidedwith an annular groove 16 for the reception of a number of pins or antifriction-rollers 17,

. that are carried by the vertical portion of the base-ring 10, these pins or antifriction-rollersl preventingvertical displacement of the board.

Secured to the outer faces of the base-ring 10 at points diametrically opposite each other are standards 19- and 20, the upper ends of which are connected by a cross-bar 21, formed of sheet metal or other material.- To the opposite edges of the strip 21 are hinged cover members 23, which have pendent side portions and when .closed completely cover the sides and top of the cheese. Either of these 'covers may be raised for the purpose of placing a new cheese in place or for the removal of a severed section of cheese.

Thestanolard 20 is provided with a vertical passage that is divided into three intersecting circular guides 26, 27, and 28, the guides 26 and 27 serving to receive the cylindrical portions 29 and 29', respectively, of a knife-supporting block, the central portion 30 of which is received within the central portion 28 of the guiding-passage. This central guidingpassage 28 receives a spring 31, the lower end 'of which bears against the bottom of the pasextends within the slots 34 of the pivot-block,

said knife being free to swing in a vertical plane on the pivot-pin during the cutting op- The handle 37 of the knife projects outside the standard 2O and may be of any convenient size, f

. In operation the cutter-board is rotated to present the cheese to proper position beneath the cutting-knife. The knife is'then pressed down either in a direct line or it may be swung up and down on the pivot 37 to permit the more ready introduction of the knife, but in no case can the point of the knife pass beyond the vertical axis of the cheese, nor can IIO the knife move Jfrom a radial line, so that in every instance a true segment will be cut. rIhe downward movement is against the resistance olered by the spring 31, and as soon as the cutting operation is completed the handle of the knife is released and the spring will immediately restore the same to its initial elevated position. The cover may then be raised and the severed section of cheese removed from the casing. Should it become necessary to remove the knife for sharpening purposes, the blade is forced down until the pivot-block is opposite a set-screw 40, the latter being then turned against the block in order to lock the same in position, after which the knife may be raised and removed through the slot 35.

In the modiiied form shown in Fig. 4 the pivot-block is formed of two sections 28 29", and each is elevated by a separate spring. Fig. 5 illustrates a still further modification in which the pivot-block 28 is made in the form of a simple cylinder having a V-shaped noteh41 at its upper end. In this latter construction the notch may receive the rear end of the blade 36, which is unsharpened at this point, as shown in Fig. 5, or an ordinary knife may be placed in position, its sharpened edge seeking the lowest point of the slot.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is- 1. In a cheese-cutter, a vertically-arranged guide, a spring-elevated block slidably mounted therein, and a freely-detachable cuttingknife fulerumed on said block.

2. In a cheese-cutter, a vertically-arranged guide, a spring-elevated block slidably mounted therein, and a freely-detachable cuttingknife fulcrumed on the block and provided with an operating-handle extending beyond said guide.

3. In a cheese-cutter, a standard having a guidingopening, a slotted block mounted therein, a spring tending to elevate the block, a cutting-knife having pivots projecting lroni its opposite sides and entering said slot, there being an auxiliary slot in the standard to permit removal ot' the knife.

4. In a cheese-cutter, a standard having a guiding-opening divided into a plurality of intersecting vertical passages, a lulcru iii-block having slotted members arranged in the two outer passages, a spring disposed in the central passage and bearing against the central portion of the block, and a cutting-knife having a pivot-pin projecting from its opposite sides and supported by the block, and said standard having a slot for the passage oi said pivot-pin.

5. In a cheese-cutter, a base-ring having a plurality of spaced bearings, antilrictionrollers supported thereby and provided with peripheral grooves, a cutter-board, a basering secured thereto and resting on the antifrietion-rollers, the periphery of said cutterboard being provided with an annular groove, and pins or antifriction-rollers carried by the base-ring and extending into said groove.

6. In a cheese-cutter, a cutter-board, a ring secured to the bottom of the cutter-board adjacent to the periphery thereof, and a plurality of antifrietion-rollers having their peripheries grooved for the reception of the lower edge of the ring and forming supports for the ring and board.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

IVitnesses:

J. H. JocHUM, Jr., IV. J. DILLoN. 

